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Xr500 same ip address
Hello, I have some problems with my router, one of them I tried 30-30-30 factory reset and it wasn t working, another one is that I get same ip address all the time, even I restart the modem, change w...
Laryke wrote:
I am talking about WAN IP of the router.
That is down to the ISP.
Unless your unnamed ISP allocates you a fixed or static IP address, which isn't usual, this may or may not change.
The modem picks up the IP address. Your router than uses that. You should not need to mess around with that address.
One thing to remember, you have to start the network in the correct order.
Be sure to restart your network in this sequence:
- Turn off and unplug modem.
- Turn off router and computers.
- Plug in and turn on modem. Wait 2 minutes for it to connect.
- Turn on the router and wait 2 minutes for it to connect.
- Turn on computers and rest of network.
This ensures that the modem gets the WAN AP address before the router starts looking for it.
If you're using pure modems the WAN IP of the router which would be the public IP would not necessarily change. It is very unlikely you have any IP conflicts in which case the IPs would not affect your connection.
Netduma-Fraser wrote:
If you're using pure modems the WAN IP of the router which would be the public IP would not necessarily change.
Until you come to a time when you want to access the graphical user interface (GUI) of the modem, to update firmware for example. To get to that you probably have to disconnect from the router and go straight into the modem. That's why I rarely mess with my DM200 modems.
It is very unlikely you have any IP conflicts in which case the IPs would not affect your connection.
That's the whole point, in a sentence.
Which is why it is puzzling that Laryke is playing around with IP addresses.
First describe a problem you need to fix. (Forget about IP addresses.) What is going wrong?
Then people can offer solutions. They are unlikely to have anything to do with changing IP addresses.